Viewfinder is a new accountability journalism project, incubated in GroundUp but intending to become its own independent publication in time. Viewfinder does long term investigations into abuses of power which impact on the public interest – specifically as it relates to the need for equality and redress – in post-apartheid South African society.
Viewfinder's first exposé, launched in October 2019, shows how IPID, the police watchdog, has failed to properly investigate serious complaints against the police, including rape and assault. Yet IPID has manipulated statistics to give the impression that has investigated these allegations.
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“How can they say that he just dropped dead?” asks his stepdaughter after witnesses describe how Petrus Miggels was beaten by police
Feature | 29 April 2020
Revealed: A staggering range of police corruption
Feature | 15 April 2020
IPID is also investigating 13 complaints related to shootings and 14 assault cases
Brief | 3 April 2020
Lockdown exposes police brutality that has always been widespread and routine
Analysis | 1 April 2020
IPID’s new head has suspended a number of officials, including national head of investigations Matthews Sesoko
News | 11 March 2020
IPID will prioritise investigating the most serious allegations against officers
News | 27 February 2020
By its own admission, the police watchdog does not have the resources to properly investigate all the cases in its workload
Analysis | 25 February 2020
Auditor-General warned police watchdog against manipulating statistics in 2017
News | 5 December 2019
Directorate misses Parliamentary deadline
Brief | 27 November 2019